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Galaxy Ring: Why Samsung wants to monitor your health through your fingers

Source: Samsung

The surprise announcement at Samsung’s event when it revealed the Galaxy S24 series of phones was a smart wearable, called the Galaxy Ring. It was one of the main talking points when I sat down with Dr Hon Pak, head of Samsung Electronics’ digital health team.

Although there are many details which are not yet known, Dr Pak was open about its purpose as part of the features Samsung is working on that are concerned with health.

“We think that our role, at Samsung Health, is to simplify healthcare and to help individuals understand where

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